Dr Rosena Allin-Khan Re-elected in Tooting
Labour hold the seat as early results suggest hung parliament
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan has held the Tooting constituency for Labour by a majority of 15,458. She won 59.6% of the vote and increased Labour's share by 3.7 percentage points. When the Conservatives believed they had a chance of a landslide this seat was in their sights but the decisive Labour victory was an early indication of a disastrous night for them nationally.
She first won the seat in the 2016 Tooting by-election following Sadiq Khan's (Labour) resignation after he was made Mayor of London.
An A&E doctor at St George's Dr Allin-Khan lives in the constituency. She was previously a councillor for Wandsworth and served as Deputy Leader of the Council's Labour Group. She became Shadow Minister for Sport last autumn. At the 2016 Tooting by-election she gained 17,894 votes with a majority of 6,357.
Justine Greening held on in Putney despite a 10% swing to Labour but the shock result of the night looks set to be the defeat of the Conservative minister Jane Ellison in Battersea.
The result came in at around 1.30am following an unexpected outcome on the exit poll which indicated a hung parliament was possible.
| By-election 2016: Tooting | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
| Labour | Rosena Allin-Khan | 17,894 | 55.9 | +8.7 | |
| Conservative | Dan Watkins | 11,537 | 36.1 | −5.8 | |
| Green | Esther Obiri-Darko | 830 | 2.6 | −1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Alex Glassbrook | 820 | 2.6 | −1.3 | |
| UKIP | Elizabeth Jones | 507 | 1.6 | −1.3 | |
| Christian Peoples | Des Coke | 164 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Alan "Howling Laud" Hope | 54 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | Zirwa Javaid | 30 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| One Love | Ankit Love | 32 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Immigrants Political Party | Akbar Ali Malik | 44 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| English Democrat | Graham Moore | 50 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | Zia Samadani | 23 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | Smiley Smillie | 5 | 0.0 | +0.0 | |
| Give Me Back Elmo | Bobby Smith | 9 | 0.0 | +0.0 | |
| Majority | 6,357 | 19.9 | +14.6 | ||
| Turnout | 31,763 | 42.5 | −27.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +7.3 | |||
June 9, 2017